濛

See also: 蒙

濛 U+6FDB, 濛 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6FDB ← 濚 [U+6FDA] CJK Unified Ideographs 濜 → [U+6FDC]

Translingual

Han character

濛 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+14, 17 strokes, Cangjie input 水廿月人 (ETBO), four-corner 3413₂, composition ⿰氵蒙)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 655, character 30
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18491
• Dae Jaweon: page 1066, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1753, character 1
• Unihan data for U+6FDB

Chinese

trad.		濛
simp.		蒙*
alternative forms		靀

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 濛
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (冡) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
蒙	*moːŋ
冡	*moːŋ
濛	*moːŋ, *moːŋʔ
艨	*moːŋ, *moːŋs
朦	*moːŋ, *moːŋʔ
矇	*moːŋ
饛	*moːŋ
檬	*moːŋ
鸏	*moːŋ, *moːŋʔ
幪	*moːŋ
蠓	*moːŋ, *moːŋʔ
靀	*moːŋ
曚	*moːŋʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): méng (meng²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mung⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mùng
• Eastern Min (BUC): móng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bông
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶mon

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: méng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: méng
    • Wade–Giles: mêng²
    • Yale: méng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meng
    • Palladius: мэн (mɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: mung⁴
    • Yale: mùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mʊŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mùng
    • Hakka Romanization System: mung^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mung²
    • Sinological IPA: /muŋ¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: móng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mouŋ²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bông
    • Tâi-lô: bông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boong
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /bɔŋ²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /bɔŋ²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔŋ¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /bɔŋ²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɔŋ²³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶mon
    • MiniDict: mon^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³mon
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /moŋ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: muwng, muwngX

Rime
Character	濛	濛
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	東 (1)	東 (1)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	莫紅切	莫孔切
Baxter	muwng	muwngX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/muŋ/	/muŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/muŋ/	/muŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/muŋ/	/muŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/məwŋ/	/məwŋX/
Li Rong	/muŋ/	/muŋX/
Wang Li	/muŋ/	/muŋX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/muŋ/	/muŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	méng	měng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mung4	mung5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*moːŋ/, /*moːŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	濛	濛
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	8971	8983
Phonetic component	冡	冡
Rime group	東	東
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	蒙	蠓
Old Chinese	/*moːŋ/	/*moːŋʔ/

Definitions

濛

1. drizzling; misty; raining

Compounds

• 冥濛 / 冥蒙
• 凌濛初
• 涳濛 / 涳蒙 (kōngméng)
• 淡濛濛 / 淡蒙蒙
• 溟濛 / 溟蒙 (míngméng)
• 澒濛 / 𭱊蒙
• 濛昧 / 蒙昧
• 濛昧不清 / 蒙昧不清
• 濛汜 / 蒙汜
• 濛涌
• 濛澒 / 蒙𭱊
• 濛濛 / 蒙蒙 (méngméng)
• 濛濛細雨 / 蒙蒙细雨
• 濛鬆雨 / 蒙松雨
• 濛鴻 / 蒙鸿
• 灰濛濛 / 灰蒙蒙 (huīméngméng)
• 空濛 / 空蒙 (kōngméng)
• 迷濛 / 迷蒙 (míméng)

Japanese

Kanji

濛

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: む (mu)
• Kan-on: ぼう (bō)
• Kan’yō-on: もう (mō)
• Kun: うすぐらい (usugurai, 濛い)、くらい (kurai, 濛い)、こさめ (kosame, 濛)

Korean

Hanja

濛 (eum 몽 (mong))

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Vietnamese

Han character

濛: Hán Nôm readings: mông

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